Seasonal Ecology, Condition and Reproductive Patterns of the Smooth Toadfish Tetractenos glaber (Freminville) in the Hawkesbury Estuarine System, Australia

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Volumn 1999, Issue 121, 1999, Pages 71-84

  Booth, D J ^a   Schultz, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Condition; Deformities; Diet; Gonadosomatic index; Lipid; Sex ratio; Tetractenos glaber; Toadfish

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346511638     PISSN: 0370047X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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